Ship Fever Summary

Antonia appears in The Behavior of the Hawkweeds

Antonia is the narrator and protagonist in The Behavior of the Hawkweeds. She is a third-generation immigrant, born and living in the United States, with her parents and her immigrant grandfather. In the story, Antonia relates a fairly complex chronology that focuses on three principle points in her life. The first major event involves an apparent attempt at sexual molestation when Antonia, born in 1921, was but...